100 Years of British Coronations

A dazzling pageant of ceremonial music steeped in history, from Purcell’s My Heart is Inditing to Handel’s blazing Zadok, taking in lesser-known gems from Jeremiah Clarke, Henry Cooke, John Blow and William Boyce’s glorious The King Shall Rejoice, gleaming with trumpets. These were the resplendent works that accompanied the crowning of Kings and Queens, from the Restoration of Charles II to the coronation of George III.